and so with them without mothers rejected by their own communities, chicken de la, you think that people are going to welcome them after about, of course not an emmy award winning documentary. his that chilling and traumatic story from the children throw stones at me erect, last generation ornell jazeera ah protested, keep up their support for bruise, ousted president, despite a state of emergency, as the supreme court decides whether to jail pedro castillo. ah, hello, i'm mary. i'm noisy in london, you're watching al jazeera also coming up on the program. thousands rally in supportive is stumbles. mia, a criminal glue who's been banned from politics had of next year's presidential

election. also, nurses in britain go on strike for the 1st time ever ramping up the pressure on ready, overstretched specials streets, quiet sales at down as china, braces for surgeon cove infections off to scaling back its restrictions. ah, hello and welcome to the program. we begin this hour in peru where demonstrates as have again blocked roads in protested the removal of the president pedro castillo. and in defiance of a state of emergency, at least 8 people have now been killed in the ongoing protest. on wednesday, police 5 t gas and rob a bullets in an effort to disperse protest. as in goosgo, the army is being deployed back to stop protest blocking roads like

a major pine american highway. some demonstrators want a new president, dean up, or why take to resign and find new elections to be held supreme court, his county deciding whether to give castillo a year and a half preventative detention. he has been charged with rebellion and conspiracy after illegally trying to dissolve congress. following all of this from lima, our course one at marianna sanchez. she joins me now. so as we were just mentioning, that judge is going to decide if the 4 were present. pedro kasteel be free today. what's happening in the hearing marianne, that hearing has been postponed for 3 more hours, and this is what's been going on inside the hearing session. for wordpress, you didn't say that you did not attend. he did not even acknowledge that he wanted to receive the notification by the judicial authorities. his lawyers didn't go either. there was a court lawyer that had to present himself and defend the former precedence in

front of the judge. this was all a virtual session and the court lawyer said that the former president still did not . 2 would not be able, would not escape from the country that he should be freed, that he has a family too small children to small children wise and so on. and that this was reason enough to allow him to go 3. so he could stay and go to court every time a judge calls him, but the defense, the, the prosecutors said that he a committed a very serious crime of rebellion in flagrant c. that is a crime. that house, at least between 10, at least 10 and 20 years in prison, and that he must be kept in prison because he tried to flee to the mexican embassy the day he called for congress to be the soul. and he was on

his way to the mexican embassy with his family to take a political asylum. and so there is a very big chance that he could try again so that he should stay in prison for the judge has to say whether he will be preventively seen in prison for the next 18 months until prosecutor's bill the case and can bring him to trial, well, the protest shows no sign of dying down the unrest, even if anything spreading from one city to another. what about this call for new elections to be? how can that time table be brought forward? well, that's exactly what this government wants to be. know will walk through the president wants this to have elections to be held ahead of time and not in 2026. she asked 1st that she could try to bring election to 2024. now she said yesterday to

2023. and now her justice minister will go to congress to explain that this is what should be done, but the congress needs to legislative periods to approve this. and real morning, the president of congress has extended this legislative period until february the 28th. that means that only one votes can happen in this period and the 2nd vote after that. so we will have to see how this is going to affect the process in the country. because protesters as you were saying and around the country, once general elections now and for that we and for that there needs to be a 2nd voltage. we will see how this transcends in, in the, in the protest. if the streets of peru of the people on the streets will be able to pressure enough legislators to change this night,

ariel sanchez and lima. thank you. i now thousands of people have been out and protesting as sam bull against the conviction of the city's mayor, which could see him jailed and barred from running in elections next year. and it's tumble court sentence graham in move to more than 2 and a half years in prison on wednesday for insulting public officials in his speech. he also faces a political ban opposition. parties in the country been rallying in support of the mayor. and molly was seen as a potential challenge at the present time, early on in the next year's elections. hello, susan room party ordered a verdict to be issued by the court to take the man who people voted into office. and they wanted to imprison me. oh, so they realised that the judge of the court would not decide as they wanted. so

they ex, out him. i'm bought in another judge and made the decision. sam castle here brings us more from that rally and a stumble. thousands of people gathered in front of his stumble, metropolitan municipality to show support for sambal may re cremmit mom older. and it is a protest against the court decision, the which wants the jail is stumble, mayor, and impose a political been. now what is next for a crown, mo, mo law is a matter of concern, and now away for court of appeals is open for him. and the next step is there. even the court of appeals up holds the verdict, the current verdict. then another way is open for him until the is supreme court decides in, in the opposite way, until the final decision by the supreme court extra mo, mo lou has the legal right to stay as the mayor of his stumble and the political band on him will not be imposed, but many people he are here who are mostly the main opposition party members,

and people who voted for him are saying that the yesterday's court decision against a criminal moley is totally unlawful. russian shelling is killed at least 2 people in her son left the whole of the recently liberated city without power or he was also hit in the latest round of strikes. an empty warehouse was badly damaged by the rocket attack. millions of ukrainians are enduring freezing, winter temperatures without power and water, as russia continues its assault on crucial energy infrastructure. meanwhile, the mayor separate is held done. yes. can east in ukraine says the city has suffered its heaviest shelling for years. pro russia administration says 40 rockets launched by ukrainian forces hit the city over night, injuring 6 people, including a child. a hospital and apartment block were damaged in the attack. one of

russia's richest men has been sanctioned by the united states. mining magnet vladimir battalion is the largest shareholder of nor nicole, the wells top palladium and refined nichol producer. companies are affected by the latest sanctions, but battalions wife and adult children have been impacted by time and it is family will have any us assets are frozen and they'll be prevented from doing business with americans. or here the bank of england is raised interest rates, again, taking the base to the base rates 3.5 percent. it's the 9th rise since last december and comes as the u. k. deals with this wave of public sector strikes a latest to walk out a tens of thousands of nurses in their 1st ever national strike, a demanding a 19 percent pay rise. as they face a cost of living crisis triggered by surging inflation. jonah, how reports from oxford ah, it's minus 8 degrees on the picket line outside oxford warn ford hospital. the

nurses here undeterred, this passing cars honk their support. they're joining colleagues across england, wales and northern ireland. in the 1st strikes of their kind in the history of the national health service. a service that many say is on the brink of collapse. we've lost thousands and thousands and thousands of nurses during the pandemic. but pre pandemic campaigns, pandemic, actually, the nursing profession has been chronically affected by our government and things that happened in the world for a really, really long time. we met one of the nurses, rachel ambrose at home, the day before the strike full time heating is no longer affordable. so when the children are out at school, it's freezing. she's been a nurse for 20 years and for much of that time, rachel says her salary has been stagnant or fallen in real terms, as the cost of living, particularly this year has gone up. well sir,

from the summer we were average in about a $160.00 pound a month, and that was already an increase from that a price in clinic 110th. and yeah, it's shut off. it's nearly $400.00 pound. now, prices just keep going up and we're just expected to sell away and it's, it's not physically possible. and so it's time that we took a stand. and yeah, well basically asking for what has been lost over the past 1015 years. and we just want a fair wage. gina, when asking for tweaks, we're just asking for a fair wage. so we can afford to continue working with nurses back on the picket line. the nurses say they regret the effect strikes will have all non urgent patient care. but they say the effective staff shortages caused by those leaving the service is worse than us is are asking for a 19 percent payer eyes or 5 percent above in place to meet. they say

a 20 percent fall in real terms wages in recent years. it's a negotiating position that the government so far isn't engaging with beyond around 4 percent currently on the table any more they say will have to be paid for in higher taxes. the support has grown as the day goes on. the nurses joined by representatives of other unions. it's not only health care that's of the pressure but railways airports the border force, bus drivers, and more the government facing a winter wave of disruption. right across the public sector. joe to hold al jazeera oxford. now australia is putting a price cap on gas and coal, as it tries to cub soaring prices. their parliament has approved a plan to set a price limit on energy supply. it also says it will help households and businesses transition from you guys to electricity inflation and warn ukraine of freight is. our prior says i was so without jesse or ally from london or stella bring you on

the program. denise, it adds to the polls. 12 years after desperate action to the street van to check the arab spring low to say economic discontent is still a major issue. committed prize and football goes on display and cat on the stage set for sundays nail biting final ah hello. we'll see a change in the weather across a good part of europe as we go on through the next couple of days. but for the time being, it's all about very heavy rain across southern parts. now towards a se, bulgaria, $180.00 millimeters afraid in just $24.00, asked a lot of cloud around here, actually just pushing up towards the ukraine. we also got to see some wet weather and on the northern flank of this weather system, we'll also see a fair bit of snow low pressure that across southern parts of europe. further north

things, a little quieter for the time big. but here comes the change, we have got some wet weather out into the atlantic. still a few showers at the moment. there friday, across spain and portugal heavy down pools. they'll slide the way across italy through the idea tick into the balkans northern flank of our system there. there you go. with that snow which is pushed its way up to was belarus, ferry wintry, re cold still across a good part of ukraine. take a look at saturday, see things a little more widespread, the moderate starting to, to feed its way in central areas, generally dry and quiet, but out towards it, lance, it here comes that mulder wet weather which will grassy pushing across western parts. if you have to london getting up to route 8 celsius on sunday, a similar temperature to for paris would be to double figures next week. if a central parts list stays, at least it is dry. ah.

ah, ah. ah. a with lou. oh, oh. oh man, watching answers here i live from london. the main stories now demonstrates his improve again, blocked roads in protest at the removal of president pedro castillo. and in defies

of a state of emergency, at least 8 people have now been killed over the past week of unrest. thousands of people have been protesting in istanbul against the conviction of the city's mayor, which could see and jailed and barred from running in next year's elections. a crime. i'm a manu as seen as a potential challenger to present regime type. i do want and russian shelling is killed, east to people and knocked out power to the recently liberated city of harrison har . key was also hit in the latest round of strikes. now there's also been more fighting between afghan and pakistani forces at the cham on spin bolduc border crossing puck, his stones, as one person died and more than a dozen, others were injured. 2 sides of fine to each other multiple times over the past month. last sunday, 8 pakistani civilians and one afghan taliban member were killed. afghanistan and pakistan have for decades, had a territorial dispute at that board. up is from china. the government's pricing for

a surgeon coven infections after it's scaled back, at strict measures, and is raising to vaccinate it most vulnerable people. public fears amounting of a large outbreak. and that's undermining hopes of, of recovery from the beleaguered economy that you can buy. has this report now from hong kong. there are few signs of life at many shopping districts in the chinese capital fears of a looming cove at 19 outbreak. keeping many people off the streets, mister chen barely sees any customers at his tea shop these days, but he's holding out hope that business will bounce back. or you can do. the pandemic will eventually go away. it'll take some time, but i believe things will recover. step by step and my business will gradually improve the latest official economic data is less optimistic. for the 2nd consecutive month retail sales, some almost 6 percent on last year. investment and industrial growth. both slowed

in november and unemployment rose to the highest since may policymakers a launching huge stimulus measures and pumping billions of dollars into the banking system. but analysts say it may take more than just money to spark and economic rebound. so there's a lot of fear in the country right now, so consumers, frankly, just are not willing to go outside to restaurants. a lot of parents are refusing to send their children to school because they're scared of the families catching cove it. so i think the economy is a very weak state, much weaker than most analysts realize. the sudden relaxation of long standing pandemic restrictions has seen some shoppers stockpiling at supermarkets and pharmacies. i know that i'm very worried. the problem is i can't buy any medicine. now. what should i do if i get a fever? it's too risky to go out. the government is trying to reassure the public that everything is under control. it's boosting vaccine production,

rolling out more booster shots for the elderly, and ordering hospitals to increase capacity as intensive care units. but international health experts say china is lack of exposure to the virus over the past 3 years. and it's low vaccination rate among seniors means there's a risk that around a 1000000 people could die, that the country rapidly transitions out of 0 cove. it's policy, which had kimber al jazeera hong kong, tunisians go to the polls on saturday for parliamentary elections. vote comes exactly 12 years after st van that mohammed y z set fights himself triggering the revolution that ousted long tanita zeno aberdeen been ali. that's the economic conditions that caused that discontent, and just as much of a consign now as, as a bank of poets facing the mediterranean, the city of zeus used to welcome its fair share of tourists. but numbers of foreigners have dwindled in the past few years. combined with the rising cost of

living to millions are struggling and some blame to state whether the court or not . before the pandemic, a work was good to where they were touring. honestly, we used to employ 3 or 4 people. one article everyone was happily business was good and everything was available. i hadn't but now it is no work and everything is expensive. and one of the cities markets, both vendors and shoppers noticed the rise in the cost of almost old food items. no one methodically, wilson had said on one side as though it, the price is not affordable, and poor people are not able to survive for them by chicken only wants the mumps. this date is to blame for all of that. it is out of control. nick lewis, i analysts say the government has made mistakes in recent years, and now the economy is struggling. as a result. we have a deep recession or stagnation of the economy. we have lost than this of thousands of, of companies. we have lost thousands of jobs also, and in spite of all that we have high inflation, dis,

economist doesn't think the fault will change anything. we know that most of political parties are boycotting that those elections. they are considering that they don't mean anything, in fact. and when we read the constitution, we see that the part of that is could have very limited powers, almost an existing powers. so why, why go through this process? politics is far from the minds of many to ms. yes. they're more worried about how to afford the next meal. i said big i do. international criminal court is upheld the conviction of family. you can and child soldier at time to rebel eda for war crimes. dominate on glenn had appealed against the 25 year jail sentence for crimes including murder, rape, and torture. more than a 100000 people were killed by his rebel group. the lords resistance army in northern uganda, in the early 2, thousands on gwyn himself, was abducted by the el rey, when he was 9 years old, and eventually became

a fit commander. challenging the u. s. president his cold for the african union to become a permanent member of the group of the wilds 20 biggest economies. the g 20 joe biden was speaking on the final day of the ice africa summit in washington. d. c is also in house billions of dollars in support and investment of africa. washington is keen to count a chinese and russian influence on the continent. president biden says he plans to visit sub saharan africa and what will be the 1st trip that by a u. s. president, since 2015, 5 africa belongs to charitable in every room in every room where global challenges are being discussed and leverage, deterioration, or discussions are taking place. that's why announce to september at the united nations general assembly. but united states fuller support reform in europe security council to include permanent representation for africa. and today i'm also calling for the african union join the g 20 as

a permanent member of the g one. so shabba chance he joins me now from washington. the u. s. and decided that it's it ready now to re engage with africa she have but what to african governments make of this or for example, that g 20 g 20 call that the african union should have representation. it does in some ways draw attention to the fact that we had a g 20 meeting a month ago and bali, indonesia. and it's an easier china from south africa. we're pushing them for you to have a seat at the table, but the us did nothing and i just sort of fizzled out. so what, why did it take 4 weeks for that to happen? i mean, generally there is a skepticism about what the u. s. is actually offering and it was interesting that when the african union chess spoke at that same same meeting, he welcomed us engagement. but he also took the opportunity to attack the u. s. s.

sanctions on zimbabwe. he calls the the lifting of sanctions above way. and he spoke about a bill that is currently working its way to congress, the countering malign russian activities in africa act, which is a very vaguely worded bill, which basically defines malign activities as those that undermine us objectives of interest. but would obliged the us to put sanctions on other african countries, specifically africa countries, if they are deemed somehow to be helping rushers malign interest. i mean, clearly people are impressed by that either. but this is exactly the sort of debate that's been going on here, which is lick when, when the us gets involved, they want to say they want to say about all of our sovereignty and political g, a strategic decisions. we have to fall in line with them. we don't have to do that with china. we don't have to do that with other nations. so, you know, i mean, is it really worth it? you know, to have to lose our sovereignty in order to do business with us. and that's,

that's because that's the main theme that we keep on getting day off today. and even the $55000000000.00 over 3 years. it keeps on being mentions, which by once again mentioned, he said, you're here, work with congress, get 55000000000. so i off the government folks here. so what can you give us a breakdown about $55000000000.00? how's it or what, where, which programs are we also we have a clue as to how to do, how did to come up with that number? a good love and it didn't have any idea i am and be but what i said, we're going to get congress with proposals given you don't have the house of representatives anymore. you probably would pass a budget u. s. government right, well, they didn't really have a clue without over a certain amount of skepticism. i thank you very much. every time in washington. in other news, a u. s. charges handed down lengthy prison sentences to 3 men tied to the leader of a 2020 plot to kidnap michigan's governor, pull baller. joe marson and pete massacre have been sentenced to a minimum of 710 and 12 years at respectively. they were convicted of providing material support for terrorist act. the trio did not pay direct roll in the

conspiracy, but were members of a pan military equip that trained with adam fox, fox faces a possible life sentence for the scheme to kidnap governor gretchen whitman at holiday home. so like his government has lost no confidence vote in parliament despite last ditch efforts to gain support. it was passed by 78 lawmakers in the 150 seat parliament vote will not mean the immediate change of the government though it could open the path to early elections. opposition parties have criticized the government doing to little to help with to help people cope with soaring energy costs and prices. the european parliament is voted to suspend work involving qatar. it follows allegations the goals state tried to influence members decisions. which kat are denies parliament's presidents as she also wants to strengthen rules against graft and outside influence? as of today, i am putting together a wide ranging reform package to be ready or in the new year.

for this will include was strengthening of the parliaments whistleblower protection systems, a ban on all unofficial friendships groups a review of the policing of our code of conduct rules and a complete and in depth look of how we interact with 30 countries. ah, a stager sat his on these walk up final off to france ended morocco's dream tournaments. they will now face argentina. sh cheering football fans took her to paris on wednesday night. people danced in the streets and timed lamp post, setting off fireworks and flares to celebrate their teams. victory, france hopes to become the 1st country in 60 years to successfully defend. now, while cup title, could you tell me exactly how much was written for him, sir? it is little more to him, whispered morocco,

specials. i think the game was mostly under control. we managed to remain calm as were did against england. it's a great victory for france. bring on argentina, bring on mercy, the paul and all of them at the same level now shall gravel to the moroccans. it's not only france that wins, but all of the french speaking people. we are proud of our team's performance at this world cup, and more ocwen's will stand with us in the final. we are in the final and the trophy, the winner sunday's final get take home has been on display and doe has cornish alexi. o'brien was there and down here on the coronation where hundreds of people are waiting in line behind me, some of them up to an hour to see this. this is the fee for will cup. when is trophy now that is the trophy that will be taken home by whoever wins that big final on sunday night, argentina, or france who will it be? now this one is trophy, though, is different to the original of faith, a trophy that one has been in you since 1974. it has been won by 8 european teams

and 4 south american teams. that remains to be same. which side it will be going to on sunday night, and that one is 6 kilograms and made of pure gold. there actually is some interesting rules around who can touch these trophies. you can see probably the guys behind me when they come in and take a selfie with it. they are not actually allowed to touch the trophy itself. and that's because it can only be touched by previous champions by the faith of president or hate of state, or the new winners of the fif, a world cap on sunday. and if we talk a little bit about that match, it is between argentina and france, both of whom awaiting and hoping for the 3rd world cup of victory argentina. it's been a hot minutes since they last held the trophy. they had it in 1986 led by diego mera donna the man with whom he is often compared linelle macy hoping that he will be able to lead his team to victory and that they'll wait. taking this trophy home with them. france though they won last time round on 2018,

another global superstar on their team in a buffet. he's hoping that they'll be taking home that trophy a plans faithful by russian cosmonaut. both in social space station has been cancelled often of parent coolant. lake flu is viewed from the soil spacecraft talks t. i assess that to nasa says none of the crew are in danger to working with the russian space agency rose cosmos to investigate the fault. us and russia have continued to cooperate in space, despite the war, a new kind of, ah, look at the main stories are following as our demonstrators improve again, blocked roads and protest removal of present pedro castillo. and in defiance of a state of emergency, at least 8 people have now been killed in the protests. on wednesday, police fight tear gas and rubber bullets in an effort to disperse people. the army is being deployed to stop.